Evergreen groundcover part sun

Okay - I have searched and searched and I am about to assume that what I want does not exist.

I need a:

sun tolerant

evergreen

low growing habit

dense foilage

winter hardy

maintenance free

faster growing

groundcover.

In SE PA - Zone 6

I have an ilex hedgerow planted in a low berm fronting a circular drive. I want to underplant the hedge with a groundcover rather than mulch it. The mulch just washes into the driveway in a heavy rain.

One side of hedge butts up to driveway and the other side of hedge is lawn. Can't be too invasive to the lawn side, but if spread by rhizomes, I can install a steel landscape edging to block it some.

I heartily second the cotoneaster. I have Royal Beauty cotoneaster-bought 2 at Lowe's this spring for $6 a container (1 gallon size) and they have each grown 5' wide since about late April-all this in full sun for most of the day. Check out the link below-I think it is very informative about this variety.

My daughter has a low growing,in the shade,plant that seems to be an evergreen variety. She has no idea what it's called. I very much want to buy this type of plant. Can anyone help me with what it might be??